Issue - meetings

The Council noted arrangements, following a review in 2017, for appointing councillors to a number of external organisations.  Under these arrangements, the Council normally appointed councillors to such external organisations that:

(i) supported the Council’s Corporate priorities, and/or

(ii) assisted in delivery of Council services, and/or

(iii) were using Council facilities

Appointments would be for a four-year term up to the next Borough Council elections and all uncontested appointments would be confirmed by the Democratic Services Manager under delegated authority.  In respect of appointments to external organisations that were normally reserved to full Council for confirmation, only those that were contested would actually be referred to Council for determination.

Details of the contested ‘Council appointments’ and the respective nominees were set out in the Order Paper.

Each nominee had been given the opportunity to make either a written or an oral personal statement to the meeting in support of their nomination before the vote was taken. The Council noted that, where permissible under the relevant external organisation’s constitution/standing orders, the unsuccessful nominee would be the deputy to the appointee.

Having considered each nominee’s representations, the Council

RESOLVED:

(1)   That Councillor Fiona White be appointed to the Council of Governors of the Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

(2)   That Councillor Ramsey Nagaty be appointed to Watts Gallery (Limnerslease Committee).

Consideration of this item was adjourned to Wednesday 31 July 2019.